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Speak Out AGAIN to Fight Higher Taxes!

For the second year in a row, the Kansas Legislature is considering increasing the state cigarette excise tax. The Governor is pushing an additional 55 cents, but that amount could go higher.

Kansas Tobacco Revenue

State Excise Tax on Cigarettes: $0.79
State Excise Tax on Smokeless Tobacco: 10%
State Excise Tax on Little Cigars: 10% Wholesale Price
State Excise Tax on Large Cigars: 10%
Sales Tax on Cigarette Sales: $0.25

Kansas Revenue from Cigarettes

Excise Tax Collected (2008): $113,466,516
Master Settlement Agreement (MSA Payments 2008): $66,300,000
Cigarette Sales Tax Revenue (2008): $31,243,356.90
Total Revenue Collected (2008): $211,009,872.90

Source: Bill Orzechowski & Rob Walker, The Tax Burden on Tobacco, Historical Compilation Volume 43, 2008.

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